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9/30/2009 2:08 PM
 
sbillinger1

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I have an existing live implementation of DNN. Running version 3.03 or so.

I am wanting to upgrade to 4.5.X or maybe even 5.X

Before I upgrade, I know that I want to create a "carbon copy" of the site and test the upgrade in it before performing anything live.

I want to create the development instance of the site on the same web server as where I am currently hosting the live site. I am running Windows 2003 for the web server and SQL 2000 for the db.

What I have done so far:

I have created a new virtual site w/in IIS on the 2003 server. Set all applicable permissions etc.

I performed a backup of my live DNN directory from Inetpub and copied it back to the inetpub as dnn_dev

I performed a backup of the live DNN db and have restored this backup to the db server creating a new db called dnn_dev.

From my Dev IIS site properties, I am pointing to the new appropriate home directory, (dnn_dev) and have changed the web.config to point to the new dev database.

I also configured the dev site to resolve to dev.servername.com

My dev DNN site is loading just fine, however, anytime I click on anything, all references are still pointing back to the live site. The dev homepage loads just fine, I verify the url is dev.servername.com . I click on admin then site settings, and i go to the live site's site settings page.   (I am leaving my live site up and running while performing these procedures and the live site and dev site are on the same web server.)

I feel like I am close, but am nto sure how to tweak the DNN software within the dev site to tell it to find all info at dev.servername.com instead of the live.servername.com

Thanks for the help,

Shawn
 
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10/5/2009 5:39 PM
 
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Have you setup your Portal Alias for the new URL? If not go into the database and add an entry to the PortalAlias table for your new URL.

Or you can go into the admin/site settings on the production site and add an alias, but then you will need to backup and restore your DB again to your dev environment.

Chris Hammond
Former DNN Corp Employee, MVP, Core Team Member, Trustee
Christoc.com Software Solutions DotNetNuke Module Development, Upgrades and consulting.
 
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